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  Watch Out for WORM_VOBFUS

  TrendLabs - Malware Blog

  A wave of WORM_VOBFUS variants has recently emerged with some variants even spreading through Facebook. But based on initial analysis, this crop of WORM_VOBFUS presents no new routines. For good measure, users are encouraged to observe best practices such as disabling Autorun feature and updating their antivirus program with the latest pattern, just to name [...]

  Post from: Trendlabs Security Intelligence Blog - by Trend Micro
  
  Watch Out for WORM_VOBFUS

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  If we disable Java, what replaces it?

  CSO Online

  If we disable Java, what do we replace it with to ensure we can still get that functionality we've grown dependent on?
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  Cyber Monday sting seizes 132 counterfeit-selling sites

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Agents in the US and Europe celebrated the Cyber Monday online shopping blitz by seizing 132 domain names and shutting down dozens of sites that were allegedly selling counterfeit or falsely labeled goods to unsuspecting buyers.
  
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  Fake Windows 8 Key Generators Surface

  TrendLabs - Malware Blog

  Because of its promise of improved feature and security, Windows 8 is naturally making waves in the tech industry and among ardent Windows users. Unfortunately, we are all too aware of the pitfalls of popularity when it comes to online security. It’s just a matter of time before cybercriminals will take advantage of Windows 8′s [...]

  Post from: Trendlabs Security Intelligence Blog - by Trend Micro
  
  Fake Windows 8 Key Generators Surface

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  UK cybercriminal convicted over 9000 skimmed ATM cards

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Avon and Somerset Police just secured a conviction against a UK-based cybercriminal busted with data from 9000 skimmed ATM cards.
  
  If you've ever wondered whether skimming makes much money for the crooks, that detail alone should settle the matter...
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  W32.Changeup – A Malicious Gift That Keeps On Giving

  Symantec Security Response Blogs

  In mid-2009 W32.Changeup, a polymorphic worm written in Visual Basic, was first discovered on systems around the world.

  
  

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  All Banks Should Display A Warning Like This

  Krebs on Security

  One of my Twitter account followers whose tweets I also follow -- @spacerog -- shared with me the following image, which he recently snapped with his phone while waiting in line at the Philadelphia Federal Credit Union. It's an excellent public awareness campaign, and one that I'd like to see replicated at bank branches throughout the country.
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  Hard-coded password found in Samsung printers, security fix planned

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Companies using Samsung and Dell-branded printers are being warned that a hard coded administrative account could allow remote attackers to take control of their device, according to an alert from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT).
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  Java Zero-Day Exploit on Sale for ‘Five Digits’

  Krebs on Security

  Miscreants in the cyber underground are selling an exploit for a previously undocumented security hole in Oracle's Java software that attackers can use to remotely seize control over systems running the program, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
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  Better off without AV? Not yet

  CSO Online

  AV vendors will surely dislike the results of a survey that declares their products useless. The truth, however, is that most of us still need what they sell.